The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

MAILS. .Aitst IVED-f Lisbon, z Brazils, z Dublin, t Waterford. Duz-3 Gottenburgli, I Malta, I Dublin, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCItS • THIS DAY AT TW , LLVE O'CLOCK. - - 67 Oamium THE SUN. . . i pr. 110LIM QUIT DICIRI YALSUM ASIDItAI? LONDON, MONDIY, JU,LI 24, 1809. We have not received any fresh intelligence from the Continent cispeaitig the battles which took place on the left bank of the,llanube, on the sth, and 6th inst.; all our obServatiOns and reason ings, therefore; are founded solely upon the French We remarked; some days ago, that al though, on former occasions, the French Bulletins were by r-o -means distinguished for a -stritA adhe rcee to truth; yet that, clu'rlng.the present campaign, thy had ; not only-set truth at defiance, but almost every Bulletin was conn•adided, it some;.material ,~; :iie(llls. .poitit, by the one which succeeded it. Oar-Read ers cannot have forgotten that in the Bulletin . con tamping the account of the Battle of Aspern, BLYoNA pattTE the vi&ory, and attributed the escape of the Austrian Army from utter destru&ion, to the " shocking accident" of the Bridges over the Da nube being - destroyed by the unexpeded rising of that river ; and so - anxious was be to gain credit for his assertion s that several of ,the ensuing Bulletins contained little more than a narrative of the risings and fallings of the Danube. I.n the 25th be acknowledges that the whole of this story was a cimplete fidion ; he confesses that the bridges, upon the former occasion, had been destroyed, not by the rising of the Danube, but by the " Enemy's machines," and be now admits that their strudion had nearly proved " fatal to his Army." With such a striking specimen of BUONAPART/CS disregard of truth before us, we cannot be ex peCted to give implicit credit to the assertions of the last Bulletins. That the Austrians have sus tained a defeat to a certain extent we think there' can be no. doubt, but there appears no reason what ever; from th . p narrative part of the Bulletin, to suppose that they were routed, or that the Austrian Monarchy is " withoul hope." BL:ONAfART. states, that his plan was to break the Austrian centre, and if he had succeeded in that objed, the Austrian Army would nearly have been destroyed, and the right wing in all probability have been forced to lay dawn its arms. To accomplish this great objeol, BLION4PAaTE, passed the night previous to the battle in accumulating his foroes towards his centre. Ma.s- SENA and.DAVOUST were ordered from the wings to reinforce it, and the Austrian General; as if to f4vOIIr . BUOAPAR.Tp'S plan, weakened his centre to secure and augment' his extremities. Such is BUONAPARTE'S OWI.I account. Now what was. the result ? Did this itninense. accumulation of force, ac complish its object ? Was the Austrian centrebroken ? Was it interseded ?—No, "it lost a league ot• ground," and "the right wing was in consequence obliged to fall back." It requires no military skill to discover that all the efforts that BuoNArAkept was able to Make, could only force the Austrian centre to retreat. But upon this point, "BuoNapAara has , himself afforded us the means of forming a very ac curate opinion ; for in a preceding part of the Bulle tin, in speaking of the advantage that would result from interseding their line, he says, if that were effeded, the different bodies of the Austrian Army cc would be dispersed without order .or direElion." —Was that the case ?—NU ; they retreated " in , disorder, we are tdld, but the French did not follow them. With resped to the loss which the Austrians suitaine(l,.the 4ulletin set; all observa ti,-,n at defiance. The Austrian Army is represented a, consisting of 2 , 00,000 men ; 20,000 are sa;d to be taken prisoners I 2,090 were found wounded in different Villages; making together 32,000 men, ,which, de ducted from 200,000, would leave 188,000 men ; but by one 411 - ,l;e of his pen, B6ONAPARTE reduces the Au;trian Army to 60,000 men. The Austrian Artillery is represented as consisting of from iooo to 1100 pieces, and yet only 40 pieces are taken, al though the, Austrian Army is represented to us having lost 2.10,000 men. There are many parts , of tlhiy account from which we are to draw tavoura- Ole conclusions. Of the operation of the wings' BUONAPARTZ is nearly, silent, and we are not with out hopes that it will appc,:r, when we see the Aus trian accotinta, that the tra;?quilliy with which the Archduke .permitted the enemy to advance, was the result of some well-digested plan. BUONAPARTS birmielf, from the facility' of his progresss, was afraid of some stratagem, and we can hardly believe that ArPhdolr.e would have suffered his immense en trenchments to have been carried " as, if by en chantment," if he had not had some purpose in view. Since writing the above, we have received some in,formation which tends, strongly to confirm our opinion Gentleman has arrived front -Rotter dam, which place he left on Saturday last : he states, that at that time it was the general opinion : there; froth the accounts which had been received, that the loss on both sides, in the battles of the sth and 6th inst. was nearly equal. The Archduke had taken up another very strong position, to which he - had removed The whole of his artillery, except about forty pieces, which had fallen into the hands of the enemy..--. BUONAPARTE'S head-quarters remained at \Val chersdorl, wh:ah is not above eight or . ten miles from the Danube. • It is obvious from this account, that BUONAPARTE had not followed up his success, at least for some days, for accounts might have reached Rotterdam from the Theatre of War of as late a date as the 12th or 13th inst. _ We regret that the Expedition is still detained by adverse winds, but every thing is . d in perfe& readi ness, and the Fleet will certainly sail the rpo•, mew the wind permits. Soine more troops have been embatked, and the military force .amounts to nearly fifty thousand men: Just before this Paper was put to press, we re. ceived Dutch and French Papers, the former to the loth, and 'the latter to the 15th inst. from whicb we have made the following extrads:— ENINCEN, JULY 10.—At seven -o'clock this even ing- arrived here Lieutenant Colonel Couut BERoz,- Di tg9uN, his Majesty's Aid-de-Camp, dispatched by his Majesty the Emperor and King, to bring in telligence of the total defeat of the Austrian array, under the Archduke CHARLES. After the entrenched village of Enzdrsdorf had been carried by assault, on the sth inst. and the lef t wing of the Austrian.army; as well as the greates t part of the entrenchments, turned, a violent can nonade commenced on the 6th, zt break of day.— About two . o'clock in the afternoon, all the en trenched villages were taken, and one of the enemy's columns, ,which advanced from Aspern, to attack the left wing of the French army, was cut otfy and tlie enemy retreated on all sides. - - • - ' The number of prisoners and pieces of ordnance taken, was not ascertained at the time of Count BERODINGEN'S departure, because the respective re turns had not then all been received, but it must he very considerable, and.the consequences of this vic tory one of the most signal triumphs which the Em peror NAPOLEON ever.obtained i and are beyond cal culation. At the time when the Count BEROLDINGF,N left the Imperial Head-quarters, they were at Deutoh- Agrarn, where, on the preceding day, ' were those of the Archduke CHARLES. The Austrians are re treating in the direction of Biunn, being cut of from Hungary. CAgSEL, JULY s.'.—The following Bulletins have been published in this place : • DRSDEIC, Jta,Y 2.—The Austrians, whoat the beginning of the Invatiou observed the stritlesi dis cipline, and whose whole conduct was conspicuous for. regularity and moderation, on their flight at once unmasked themselves. In Lespsie they demanded a heavy, contribution, but were prevented from'levy nig it by the sudden arrival of General VALEIGNAC from Dresden : they carried off 20 waggons, laden with pictures, precious articles, &c. DRESDEN', JULY 4.—His Majesty left (his city at eight o'clock this morning : his head -quarters will this'evening he established At Friedberg. Colonel Di I ELM AN marched yesterday from hence with all the Saxon troops and a Westphalian regiment to wards Petemalk. The Austrian:_ have retreated into bohemia, with the exception of ihe corps commanded by the Duke of brtoNswicx.-6EL4, which has marched from Zwiekau to Reichenbach, probably with the inten• tion of attacking Hoff. NAFLES, Jv>rY I.—The appearance of the-Anglo- Sicilian fleet, has affurded the Neapolitan an op port9ttity of manifesting more s and more the good disposition which animates them; there reigns in the capital also. such security, such confidence, that , although the enemy is at its gates, and, although he occupies the westein road of Naples, the public wallas, even on the sea-shore, are as much frequent ed as in the midst of the most profound peace.' The lo‘. , er classes share this patriotism with the others—that which augmented above all the genera l confidence was the circumstance of seeing the Queen, at the very moment when only a few toises . from the coast, the Enzlisti squadron engaged our frigate the Ceres, calmly promenade the shore with the Royal Family. l' ;is sight, frequently offered to the public, confirmed in it more and more, the feelings of perfect security. The enemy is still in the same posi;ion, and in the same state of inaaivity : our brave fellows depair of seeing him land. The a-, dour of our troops is such, that the regiment of La tour lY Auvergne, and the loth French regiment of, the line, notwithstanding the difficulties of the road, and the exceisive beat which has prevailed, per formed, in care day, a march of 40 miles, in the fear ,of not arriving in time for the first attack. The fort of Ischia, with its little garrison, opposes a Vigorous resistance to the enemy. The nation has no doubt that General COLD NA, who commands it, will on this occasion mantain the honour of his ancestors.— M. EAUsEN, Caßtain 0f . th9.9e720.,.has been .appaint— , ed Captain de Vaisseau, and Commander of the Royal Order of the two Sicilics,. as.a reward- for_fue. - . - bravery and, skill with which . he sustained the glo rious a6fion or the 27th ult. All the Officers of the frigat.e-have been promoted..., consequence of the orders of the King, Gen ' PARTONEAUX marched from Calabria, with a of the forces - under his doinriiinci, to prevent a, de= barkation, which the eneifiyi fleet, by its manoeuvres appeared to wish to make in.the Guiph-of PolicaStio: His Majesty having been informed by.. subsequent' advices that the enemy had a &wily landed three gitnentc, the neighhourhood o f S c yll a , truth the ap parent design of bc!ifi,9.9g -it, ordered General PAR.. TONEAUX, to return by forced tutr::fies to attack . the enemy. We expeaed - intelligence of events from that side, but the Telegraph has just announced, that at the approach of our troops the English preci- pitately re-embarked, leaving : arious military etThas . in the situation which they had for a moment occu pied. [Elere follows a Decree, dated 52gai June, confis-. eating the property, pf whatever description, of the Neapolitans, who have emigrated with, the ancient Court.—Monitth r, July 13.] .PAnts, JULY 1 I.—The attack of Montjovey, which may be considered as the' citadel of Gerona, has commenced, after the taking of the three re doubts which defended it. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the ground; which is emery where a hard rock, and nedessarily retarded the operations, a battery of Mortars was on the 25th, in a state to fire. Two other batteries of cannon began to fire on the 136th, and continued viBorously to batter the breach. A violent storm„axhich took place on the 29th, - followed by several others, and continued rains,' have retarded the completion of the works; but it is expected that by the sth of July, at the latest, all the batteries will be ready to fire, and it is probable \ then, that within twice twenty-four hours a praEticable breach 'will he effected, and the capture of the place Must speedily follow, by surrender or otherwise. Montjovey once in our possession, Gerona spay be cons)dered as taken, and this is the opinion of the Spaniard themselves, as is sufficiently proved by letters which the besieged have endeavoured to convey to their General in Chief, BLAKE, and which have been intercepted by our advanced posts. They solicit the succour which he is unable to give, as may be seen by the report addressed to his Excellency the Minister at War, by General SUCHET, Commander in Chief of the 3d corps in Arragon. The enemies of Administration , have been re duced to a most perplexing embarrassment by the admirable and unexampled secrecy with which the destination of the powerful Armament, on which we have reason to look with hope and confidence, has been concealed ; and it has been not unentertaining to observe the artifices to which they have had re course under the difficulty in which they found them selves. To whatever object , the Armament might be destined, it" was necessary, as matter of course, to prove, that thzfparticularobjea was precisely the one to which Our attention should not be direaed,. and point out several others against which our forces could be employed with much more probability of success, with muchgreater advantage to us and our Allies, and with much greater detriment to the Enemy. They cannot avoid pretending to be in the secret, but conscious of their complete ignorance of the real destination of the Armament, they found it too dangerous to enter far into the business with no better groUnds than those of their own anticipatory conjectures. It might unluckily happen that the ob jea to which they pointed their abuse was one against which it was never proposed to employ our arms. And it might happen, more unluckily still, that the points, of attack, which they should have.exhausted - all their eloquence to recommend, were the very objets upon which the Expedition was emplojed. . Silll something must be said. An opening must be reserved 16r that future censure, which it was pre determined should be vented against the measure, whatever it should turn out to be/ The organ of the Fatlipn therefore cautiously observed, that " they should not now make any remarks upon the policy or impolicy of such an enterprise," 'as they guess this to be " undertaken at such a time. There will be many opportunities hereafter for entering into this discussion." But though they will not hazard themselves in deep water, they will venture a little way upon their air-blp , .vn guesses.—" Suffice it now," says their partizan, " to observe, that it is, irimu facie, an Expedition undertaken, at least, in the first instance, for a British objeet—an object avowedly connected with our own security, and sup posed to be conducive to our Own futuie prsperity. It , cannot, whether it be attended with a pro,per6u , - or adverse result, operate as any favourable divers o: in favour of Austria; and, in the present stage o! the business, it has no more conneaion with the In surrections in the North of Germany, than it LT...1.( :with the exertitsficallinMtriols — of Spain" Surely this is the climax of absurdity and ity,ix•-• dace. It hai not been very usual tot any people to find fault With their Governors for-employing the resources entrusted tO them, in defence of the into rest, security, and power of the country, by N7hicti they - havebeen so entrusted. putty well , but only let as consider Who ic;); th t ui depre elates Administration for employing our•forces in an • objed " avowedly connedeil wititour.own secu , , • ritv- r -a mere British Objea.", ItiS ';'the _organ of " The - talents"—one of that crew, - t,ll:i have bear day after . ' (I - 3y preaching up ":that we should attend solely to our interests—that we should husband `out strength and otir resources for our own security ; "'i,vhe would - ,norglve - to either Spain or Austiia a man, a musk .et, or,a sixpence'; and Who have loudly out against the present Government for the aid' which it has so honourably held forth to the gallant exertions of those plundered and persecuted nab . tions. Who is it that tells us the Expedition," =- not operate as a diversion in favour of - Artstria.?'! the very man who days before had. said, that NAPA RTE had probably employed the whole time in which our Expedition was preparing, in sending detachments from the Danube to the expelled scene of attack. Oh ! shame, where is thy blush! We consider it an adt of justice to submit to• Q ur Readers the statement of Mr. WRIGHT, the ,Ur bolsterer, which they will find in THE SUN of this day ; and if it - were possible 'for the public to have any doubts on the subje6l, they must be entirely removed by this plain narrative. It is much to the credit ofMr. WRIGHT, that though accused' by his adversary of having-obtained avertliet by perjury, he resorts to no personalities, but states his ,'oase throughout with candour, simplicity, and modera tion. The public will not fail to observe, that in ;e° ferring to Messrs, GLENNE,.I' Don)), add ILLiNG worTit, be refers to the friends of Colonel -WAR DLE, who, of course, would have been brought forward, if they had any thing to say in the Colo'.' nel's favour. This " round, unvarnished tale" o f Mr. W4witT, now sets the question at rest, and if the public are to hear any more on the charge of,. PERJURY, it will probably be from Ur. Witign.F7d brother... . • • Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses z - osp.., SOPHIA, and MARY, accomanied by Lady THYNNE, General CARTWRIGHT and Colonel' D4s - BROW, rode to St. George's Chapel, and, herd 3 Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. LONG, and. re- , turned, to the Palace: The QUEFI4 and Princess EL4Z,ARETII, took an air ing to her Royal Highness's Cottage, at Old Windsor, and walked in the gardens. The Master of a vessel 'arrived on Saturday from Holland, states, that nothing was Itrtm.vn there of the embargo in the. British Ports on Thursday last, nor was any thing saki about the Expedition, al' though it was sospeEte the Dutch Government Rid some apprehension of its being positively direaed against that country, as two, ships of the line, nearly new, were ordered up to N/edenblik a few days agos under pretence of wanting sviuirs Six Captains of vessels, with a seventh person', said to'be a merchant, were on Thursday picked al ) by an Excise cutter stationed off Poyer, as they were making their escape, having been prisoners at Valen ciennes. They state that the conscripts are daily forced front their families, after a nOtice of only three days, which it appears, is the only time, they for - training prior to their being marched off to join the grand army.. Friday evening General F. MAITLAND arrived in town from the West Indies, and immediately,at lended at the Office of the Commander in Chief. - Great activity was used at the Tower, so,late three o'clock on Friday, afternoon, in sending away a large quantity of barrows and. entrenching tools, to go with the Expedition. - Including the Marines, who are to ad with 'the. army, the total force of the Expedition, will, it 1 5 said, amount to about 50,Q00 men. Besides, there will be about 40,sail of the line, and a b ou t 200 sa il,. of men of war of one description or other. It i 5, rumoured that the present period of delay is n o t al-. lowed to pass unimproved,, for that nine corps, from Scotland, Ireland, and every qua rter o f t hi s ki ng ' dom, are. collecting with all speed, to be sent off, 0 possible, with the expedition. Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD PELLEW, Bart. landed last week, from the Culloden, a beautiful full-growl hunting-tiger. It was so tame, that a seaman led it. through the streets .- wi!h t a small rope, and the dren stroked it over the back without the least clang Or. of being hurt. The Admiral also landed a turtle oi nearly five hundred weight, and a tortoise three. feet long from head to tail, and 23 inches wide; toge ther with some Persian and Cape sheep, of curious breed. DUBLIN, JULY 20. A few days ago, at MuDans, parish. of Finboy, ,a woman put a period to her existence by cutting her throat with a sickle. It appears that in con' sequence of a promise of marriage by a young man; he had obtained - a considerable part of her pro - and afterwards married another woman.-' Ever since she has been in a state of despondeocy. On the night of the 10th inst. the Jail of Derry was broken by the prisoners, and three of thew et' feeted their escape—one of them, of the nattlo Stewart, a very notorious Oifender, from Maghera